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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11431
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14425
13 Actual Demand 11153
14 Aggregate Planning 12078
15 Air Cargo 10008
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6592
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34773
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15297
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19122
20 Assembly Line 22190
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22901
22 Average Speed of Answer 26509
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23005
24 Batch Production 38196
25 Bill Discounting 14423
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11128
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7092
28 Blanket Release 9952
29 Bonded Warehouse 10015
30 Booking Number 13691
31 Bottleneck 9440
32 Buffer Stock 59041
33 Build to Stock 12875
34 Bullwhip Effect 9504
35 Business Logistics 25509
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12505
37 Capacity Management 40282
38 Capacity Utilization 14017
39 Capital Intensive 8332
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8640
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12053
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9229
45 Co-managed Inventory 12399
46 Co-Packers 11708
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7644
49 Consular Invoice 19653
50 Container Depot 10554
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19405
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12013
54 Contract Carrier 7292
55 Contract of Affreightment 11354
56 Control Charts 7912
57 Cost Flow 10213
58 Courier Service 15152
59 CPFR 8164
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11727
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43986
62 Date Code 18119
63 Days of Supply 19747
64 Dead on Arrival 9166
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7256
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8049
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14164
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10808
70 Dispatching 24340
71 Distributed Inventory 8301
72 Distribution Channel Management 34564
73 Distribution Metrics 9022
74 Distribution Planning 24127
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15129
76 Double Marginalization 52543
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22219
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20531
80 Echelon Inventory 26104
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38191
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49494
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7563
84 Efficient Frontier 25362
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16315
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8276
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9778
92 External Growth 10011
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10186
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8693
97 Fishbone Diagram 14543
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26903
99 Flow Through Distribution 12249
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12958
102 Forward buying 29987
103 Freight Charge 10269
104 Freight Consolidation 7482
105 Gantt Chart 8248
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11659
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29479
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12622
109 Hub 23328
110 Idle Time 8010
 
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